“Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.”

Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.

My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.

Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.

When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.

We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.

It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.

If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.

We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.

To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.

There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.

Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.

Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.

Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.

For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?

I’ve been inspired by a shitload of people in my life so if there’s ever anybody that I can inspire, to me that’s a huge gift. To be able to turn that back around.

Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother

Beauty is a fragile gift.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.

You left me with nothing. But the gift to write the most beautiful sad poems.

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.